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Many applications are requiring smaller and smaller devices every year. At the same time, these small-size applications are demanding increasing levels of performance. To address this challenge, Texas Instruments created the ADS7066...

The Power Analyzer is a programmable electronic constant current dummy load with two high side voltage and current sensors for an automatic analysis of power supplys, DC/DC converters, voltage regulators, batteries, chargers, power consumers and others...

DS28E18 extends links up to 100 meters and minimizes wiring to connect peripheral devices to a host microcontroller...

You can use the circuit described in this Design Idea to estimate voltages across 10- to 100-MΩ resistances. It also works for reverse-biased diodes...

Avnet announced the availability of a specialized sensor HAT for Raspberry Pi. The Avnet-designed evaluation, development and quick-prototyping tool is intended for engineering professionals who need quick development of commercial, industrial, and heating, ventilation and air conditioning products...

TinyUPS is a simple 5 V/2.5 A uninterruptible power supply with a li-ion battery as a buffer, a load sharing power path management system and an ATtiny13 for monitoring power supply and battery charge level as well as for communication with the connected device...

Asahi Kasei Microdevices Corporation has developed the AK5706, a high-performance 24-bit stereo A/D converter with integrated Acoustic Activity Analyzer, audio buffer, and support for digital and high-SNR microphones...

In microcontroller-based embedded systems, it is imperative to provide a means of triggering system reset to take care of software runaways. Many such remedies involve the implementation of an external watchdog timer, software watchdog timer, or some other software strategies...

Hitex extends its safety portfolio and introduces the ShieldBuddy TC375. The ShieldBuddy TC375 is currently the smallest AURIX development board in the world...

Crocus Technology announces the CT220, a contactless current sensor, with high linearity, high-resolution, a wide dynamic range in a small form-factor targeted for multitude of current sensing applications...